Les fabrications Wippermann — L’Officiel du cycle, 19 September 1953, German Pedals and Chains Imported by Lachèvre

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 19 September 1953, N° 39, the paper’s Salon number du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, page 112: ‘Les fabrications Wippermann’: pedals of the German Wippermann make (metal cage with saw teeth, rubber-block types, sport model no. 55 oval pedal 91 by 65 mm) and chains for cycles and motorcycles; Lachèvre also sells the Sonn’clair bell. The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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Les fabrications WIPPERMANN

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The notice says the pedals of the great German marque Wippermann are rightly renowned throughout the world for the quality of their raw materials and the finish of their manufacture. Besides the classic models with a metal cage and saw teeth, it points out the various rubber-block types (long blocks, or blocks divided into two pads on each side of the pedal) and in particular model no. 55, an oval sport pedal with rubber blocks set at the sides with strips of chromed metal (91 + 65 mm). The same factory makes chains for cycles and motorcycles, characterized by their sturdiness and perfect efficiency. The importer for France is the Maison Lachèvre, known to the magazine’s readers for its cycle specialties, notably the Sonn’clair bell (timbre).]

[Text with one ruled illustration. The heading “Les fabrications WIPPERMANN” stands at the top right in bold roman type with the firm name in capitals, its final letter clipped by the gutter edge. The notice is set in italic type with first-line indents, the names Wippermann and Maison Lachèvre in upright roman and small capitals. A rectangular panel with a thin black rule border sits below the first paragraph and holds a black-and-white line-engraved drawing of a single rubber-block pedal in three-quarter view: a long ridged rubber tread surface on top, a threaded spindle with a nut at the left, a round dust cap at the right and a flat metal side plate in front pierced with slots and two small round holes. The drawing carries no caption, signature or artist mark. A dark vertical stripe of the binding fold runs down the right edge of the crop.]